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Capturing the last message appended to a text field with versioning and "append" function

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Hi ALL

I found a sharepoint Designer 2013 solution about the subject, but it doesn't work every time an item is changed.

I have a list in SharePoint online. is there someone that could teach me, where possible, to set up a PA flow to capture in a different Field the last entry added to a multiline field with the "append" function?

Thanks!

 

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    ScottShearer Profile Picture
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    @LukeShore 

    It's probably me, but I don't totally understand your question - can you explain a little further?  If you want to retrieve prior values in the append text column, you'll need to make a SharePoint HTTP call.

    Here is a blog post that explains how.

    You'll want to get the values for the previous version(s) of the append text column.

  • LukeShore Profile Picture
    23 on at

    hi Scott, thanks for yr fast reply.

    I have 2 fields: History Updates and Last Update

    the Last Update field is an hidden field used to capture the last entry to the History Updates field.

    The History Updates field is a text field with the "append" function and is managed by users to add their updates.

    I need the last update because I need a report and a view with the Last Entries only. 

    Of course the Last update field is replaced any time an item is modified, capturing always the last entry into the History Updates field.

     

    I'm not sure the solution will work, as it captures the differences between versions and i guess it goes in a LOOP with no ending....

     

     

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    23 on at

    Any news about? Thanks

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